4th stage RDS2010, July 23-24, Nizhny Novgorod — Toyota Altezza, 3.0 liter, 1999

Hellish heat under +40 in the shade, dousing with water every 20 minutes, asphalt heated to the impossible, dust - that's what the Nizhny Novgorod ring was remembered for. A freshly built track, where construction work was carried out right during the stage and training.

This trip was a disaster.
torn bumper on the first day, which opened and flew off somewhere in the field, the hood on the second day warned us what not to do there.
So the rubber was also against:

Master class on Saturday morning on changing tires from Satyukov:

Unfortunately, among the hundreds, I found only one photo of myself from Nizhny Novgorod.
On the day of the event, we urgently left the track 15 minutes before the parade, and returned immediately after passing the top 16. It just so happened, but the main thing is that everyone is alive and well.